Abaya ban in French public faculties: secularism or discrimination? | Faith

Adeyemi Adeyemi

World Courant

UpFront investigates discrimination and secularism in France after the federal government bans the abaya in public faculties.

As faculties begin once more, the French authorities has introduced a ban on the abaya – a protracted cloak typically worn by Muslim ladies – in public faculties.

This current choice has induced controversy in France. A number of opponents protested in entrance of public faculties, questioning the true motive behind this new rule.

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Why is that this choice so controversial? And what may be justified beneath French secularism legal guidelines?

On UpFront, Marc Lamont Hill talks to Rokhaya Diallo, a French journalist and filmmaker, to discover the explanations and penalties behind the ban on the abaya in public faculties.

Abaya ban in French public faculties: secularism or discrimination? | Faith

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